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Patented Dec. 4, 1928.

l 1,693,711 PATENT OFFICE.-

UNITED STATES EMIL FRIEDERICH LEWIS FRITZ, F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PUZZLE.

Application led July 18,

square, said blocks being provided with num- I bers and with alphabetsof a plurality of languages and with certain words'relating particularlyto the universe, and with certain p pictures vof an educationalcharacter.

For the purpose of illustration I have shown in the accompanyingdrawings the ypreferred embodiment of my invention in which Figure 1represents a container having blocks positioned therein and numbers andletters thereon, as incorporated in my invention.

Figure 2 shows the container disclosed in' Figure 1 with the blocksremoved.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of that dis- Figure 4 is a View of thesix sides of each of four of the blocks shown in the container in Figure1.

Figure 5 is a similar view of a modified form of blocks.

Figures 6 to 17, inclusive, are similar views, of that disclosed inFigure 1 and showing the manner of sliding and rearranging the blocksfor the purpose of solving the puzzle.

In the accompanying drawings, numeral 10 represents a container ofrectangular form, having thirty squares marked 0H on the inner surfacethereof and having the letters of the English alphabet marked in part ofsaid sguares and having numbers in the remainder o said squares. Thecontainer 10 is preferably made of a single piece of metal and beingprovided with a relatively wide margin 11, on which the hands of theoperator may be rested while solving the puzzle. As shown in Figure 1thecontainer 10is adapted to receive plurality of blocks 12, eachpositioned over one of the squares 13 and leaving one vacant square. Forthe use of beginners, it may be desirable to leave more than one vacantsquare and thereby make it easier to solve the puzzle.

1927. Serial No. 206,442.

Each block 12 in the container 10 is substantially a cube and thereforehas six square faces 14, as shown in Figures 4 and 5, and each face ofeach block is provided with letters and numbersand with equivalentletters of different languages or with pictures cast integral with theface of the block, as may be desired. Some of the blocks may have words,numbers and pictures thereonA instead of single letters.

It isobvious that a person knowing the alphabet of one language willreadily become acquainted with the equivalent letters in alphabets ofother languages and thereby becomeeducated to that extent simply by theassociation of the letters on the various faces of each of the blocksused in solvingthe puzzle. The alphabets of any langaugesma be used onthese blocks, as may be desire so long as there are not more thanfthirtyletters to the alphabet.

For the purpose of illustrating-the operat1on of this puzzle, I haveshown in Figures 6 to .17, inclusive, views of m invention showing onlya portion of the etters from which a word may be formed and showingoneblank space into which the blocks may be moyed for the purpose ofrearranging the blocks to get them in the proper order for making thedesired Word. For this purpose I have shQwn only the letters from whichthe word garden may be spelled andthe )blank space 15, as shown inFigure 6. Figure 7 is like Figure 6, with the exception that they blocks16, and 17 have been moved downwardly, leaving the blank space 15 abovethem. In Figure 8 other blocks have been moved, bringing the blank space15 above the g and in Figure 9 the g has been moved upwardly, as shown.In Figure 10 other blocks have been shifted, thereby leaving the blankspace 15 in such a place that by the downward movement of block 18,space is provided for the movement of a, r and g into the positionsshown in Figure 11. From this position, the blocks 18 and 19 are movedto the position shown in Figure 12 and 'block a is moved upwardly, asshown.

In order to write the word garden, it is necessary to get the a in theposition in which r is in Figure 12, and to do this the block 18 and theletters a and r must be rotated into the position shown in Figure 13,and then the ay may be moved upwardly to the position shown in Figure14, which leaves the blank space to the left of the r., In order to getthe r into the position shown in Figure 14, the blocks 19, 20, 21, 22,23 and 18 must be rotated around the r for making Vthe space above andpermitting the r to be den has been completedsimply bythe slidingmovement of one block at a time into the vacant space and by this methodit is possible y to make various arrangements .of the letters andnumbers as the operator of the puzzle may choose. l

Having described my invention 1n lts preferred form, it will be obviousto those skilled in the art that variations may be made herein withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention. I do not, therefore, wish tobe limited to the precise details of construe tion illustrated anddescribed, but desire to avail myself of such variations andmodifications as come within the scope of the appended claims. A

I claim as invention:

1. A' devicef the class described, comprisinga rectangular containerhaving the inner surface thereof marked oil' in squares; a plurality ofcubical blocks, each of a size adapted to cover one said squares;therebeing less blocks than squares for permitting relative slidingmovementof said blocks; letters and numbers in said'squares; letters and numberson one face of said blocks and corresponding letters of a plurality oflanguages on t e other faces of said blocks.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a rectangular containerhaving the inner surface thereof marked off in squares;

lof arrangement to be attained by said sliding movement; said meanscomprising letters and numbers on one face of said blocks and differentbut related and corresponding char acters on the other faces of saidblocks; letters in some of said squares and numbers in other of saidsquares. y

3. A device of the class described, comprising a container having theinner surface` thereof marked off in squares; part of said squareshaving letters therein and other of said squares having numbers therein;a plurality of blocks having each face thereof of a size adapted to fitover said squares; letters and numbers on one face of said blocks andcorresponding letters of a plurality of languages on the other faces ofsaid blocks, there being one more s uare than blocks and the number ofsquares eing such as to per- Amit six moves in onedirection and fivemoves at right angles to said direction.

4. A device of the' class described, com prising a container having theinner surface thereofmarked oil in squares; part of said squares havingletters therein and` other of said squares having numbers therein; aplurality lof blocks having each face thereof of a size adapted to fitover said squares; letters and numberson one face of said blocks and-``dilterent but related and corres onding char-` acters on the otherfaces of said) blocks; there being one-more square than blocks, and thee number of squares being such asV to permit six possible moves 1n onedirection and five moves in a direction at right angles to the firstsaid direction.

In testimonyfwliereof I have signed my -y name to this specification.

EMIL FRIEDERICH LEWIS FRITZ.

